I thought this had more of a daily puzzle feel about it then a typical AZED. Some of the anagram clues might have been lifted straight out of the Quiptic puzzle they were so straightforward. I spent less time inside Chambers than usual too. Plenty to enjoy here regardless. Thank you Azed.
I will be away walking in the Cairngorms when this is published. I will try and answer any queries as best I can.
| Across | ||
| *1 | GLOBETROTTER | World traveller (12) |
| GLOBE (world) TROTTER (traveller) – definition is &lit. Just kidding. | ||
| 9 | ROSARIUM | Lilting airs filling old space in special garden (8) |
| AIRS* anagram=lifting in ROUM (room, old spelling) | ||
| 12 | INCOMERS | Son mixed up with crime? Such types are new to the area (8) |
| anagram of SON and CRIME | ||
| 13 | SCRIP | Old buck: in other words a disreputable fellow (5) |
| SC (in other words) and RIP (a disreputeable fellow) – an American banknote of sorts | ||
| 14 | GREENIE | Environmentalist down under that is behind grand waterway (7) |
| IE (that is) following G (grand) and REEN (waterway) | ||
| 16 | ZAMAN | Rain tree from South Africa? I am surprised (5) |
| ZA (South Africa) and MAN (I am surprised!) – I mistakenly entered ZAMIA at first, which is another tree. | ||
| 17 | HOSEN | Old-style footwear shone when reconditioned (5) |
| SHONE* | ||
| 18 | PLEBEAN | Chump trailing behind people missing 50%? Common in Shakespeare (7) |
| BEAN (chump) following peoPLE (50% of) | ||
| 20 | QUIRT | What’ll provide lashings first put away in jet? (5) |
| sQUIRT (jet) missing first letter | ||
| 21 | ANNAL | Part of chronicles, one read both ways, Latin (5) |
| ANNA (a chronicle and palindrome) then L (Latin) | ||
| 23 | INSTEPS | Arches, among the characteristics of Greece? (7) |
| IN STEPS – greece (uncapitalised) are steps | ||
| 25 | CUTIN | Waxy stuff to take over on the floor? (5) |
| CUT IN (take over on dance floor) | ||
| 26 | AFRIC | Lands of poesy wherein Caffir roams (not very strong) (5) |
| anagram (roams) of CAfFIR missing one F (forte, very strong) | ||
| 29 | CROSSER | One on a zebra, not so good-tempered? (7) |
| double definition – a zebra crossing on a road | ||
| 30 | GOOLY | Attend college, not top – Little Rock (5) |
| GO (attend) and pOLY (college) missing top | ||
| 31 | ESSAYIST | Lamb maybe sits easy in a stew (8) |
| (SIT EASY)* | ||
| 33 | SNUB NOSE | Feature of pugs, ones retiring with broken bones (8, 2 words) |
| ‘UNS (ones) reversed then BONES* | ||
| 34 | TRAINSPOTTER | Platform regular practises with craftsman (12) |
| TRAINS (practises) with POTTER (craftsman) | ||
| Down | ||
| 1 | GROSZ | Grain initially sold in ounces – one doesn’t buy much in Warsaw (5) |
| GR (grain) then Sold (initial letter) in OZ (ounces) | ||
| 2 | LOWCAL | Women in the pub attractive to slimmers (6) |
| W (women) in LOCAL (the pub) | ||
| 3 | BANIA | Financier making name in Mumbai, one abandoned by mother initially (5) |
| N (name) in mumBAI missing MUM (mother) at the beginning (initially)then A | ||
| 4 | TINGUAITE | Colour round aitu fashioned in rock (9) |
| TINGE (colour) contains AITU* | ||
| 5 | RUC | Legendary bird giving scoundrel a lift (3) |
| CUR (scoundrel) reversed | ||
| 6 | TIME OUT | I’m getting added energy in every Parisian break (7, 2 words) |
| I’M with E (energy) in TOUT (every, French) | ||
| 7 | ETRIER | Test when attached to end of rope, part of mountaineer’s kit (6) |
| TRIER (test, a difficult problem) following ropE (end of) | ||
| 8 | RESENT | Take ill? Doctor enters (6) |
| ENTERS* | ||
| 10 | SARMENTOSE | Creeping mare’s poorly, bit of tackle stuck in muzzle? (10) |
| MARE’S* then Tackle (first letter, bit of) in NOSE (muzzle) | ||
| 11 | PENSIEROSO | Love in boarding house curtailed, making one glum (10) |
| EROS (love) in PENSIOn (boarding house) cut short | ||
| 15 | RUNNERS-UP | Beans a success? Seconds called for (9) |
| RUNNERS (beans) UP (a success) | ||
| 19 | BAISAKI | Sakia activated in big but not grand Indian festival (7) |
| SAKIA* in BIg missing G (grand) | ||
| 21 | ACCENT | Highlight a double-headed coin (6) |
| A C-CENT (coin, two first letters) | ||
| 22 | NURSER | Reruns given a pasting, making one tender (6) |
| RERUNS* | ||
| 24 | PILOSE | What’s downy after start of pogonotomy I fail to keep (6) |
| Pogonotomy (first letter) then I LOSE (fail to keep) | ||
| 27 | FOUNT | Spring, time to follow love in frivolity (5) |
| T (time) following O (love) in FUN (frivolity) | ||
| 28 | CYDER | One heading left or right, we hear, for strong drink (beware second!) (5) |
| sounds like (we hear) “sider” (one taking a side, left or right) – beware the alternative spelling (second letter) | ||
| 30 | INS | Governing party? Pity when leader takes a tumble (3) |
| SIN (pity) with S moving to the bottom (taking a tumble) | ||
*anagram
definitions are underlined
Thank you Azed and PeeDee. I finished almost all of this on the train to and from a walk, and didn’t even need Chambers once. Perhaps Azed was just feeling a bit benign. 1ac was so straightforward that I wondered if there was something devious in it that I was missing.
I shall now look at today’s …
3d is N in[Mumbai, a(one)]missing(abandoned by) “mum” (mother) at the beginning (initially)